Griggs courier., 1887-09-16

inral products. Tho following \. a.ss !, S u Y
officers Of the society: G. w. I4ixSSngs.'
ton president; d. w. Coward. .vico presi.
dentr John Duthil. T. z Gritan. Z, r.
Wyland. y. .. Dean, and +. NJ: Xndet.
SON. Maj. b. r. Howell istreasursS and.
Alex J.. Kuenster. secretary. 3s
Il. MUST DIG.
Yankton Press. Artcsian we'll bsrers-
at Huron have encountered ! coal
deposit two feet thick. Coal exists ii.
pockets all over Dakota and there arc.
many unsubstantiated indications Of exc,
tensive deposits. Huron is as likely to
have plenty Of coal as any other south
Dakota town. YanktOn furnishes nll
the symptoms of aM abundance Of ooal,
but the indications have never been
followed up. The town which uncovers
coal in commercial quantities must dig
for it. There Is nothing satisfaotsry
in boring tests. 5s.sgs .5s...
GIANT POWDER.
The last shipment of giant powder
for the season is made from Fort Pierre.
This closed up the 10000 pounds cen.
tracte,l Of w. G. Nixon The numer-
Gus fatalities by lightning made the
hauling Of such powder very danger
Gus, and it is rep ,rted that the tenn
sters remained Il safe distance from
their wagons during all thunder.
storms.
w. c. T. U. ~
The following officers of the Sioux
Falls w. c. T. U. have been elected for
the ensuing year: Mrs. s. E. Young,
president; Miss Carrie Parker, recording
and corresponding secretary; Mrs. r. +.
dents are as follows: Mrs. Julia Brown,
Mrs. Anna Goddart, Mrs. Barnard, Mrs.
Leveritt and Mrs Skillman. @2
NEW BANK.
The farmers and Merchants bank has
begun business in Miller. The directors
are c. H. Morrill,, F. p. Morrill,, G. A.
Morrill,, ex.Gov. Albinus Nance, and.
F. w. Hunter, all Nebraska men. The
officers are Q. H. Morrill, of Strausburg,.
president; F. W.. Hunter of, Miller, vice
president; F. P. Morrill,, cashier.
M1LNoR NORMAL.
A large number of citizens of Minor
have guaranteed to make up any def
cheney in the financial affairs of the nor
NAL school for the fall alldwinter term,
individual liability being li,nited to $20..
The first term has proved satisfactory
in every way. There is no.territorial nor
NAL school in North Dakota, and friends
Of the movement will make an effort TO-
secure territorial appropriation at the
next session of the legislature, and'have
the school started by private enterprise
made territorial school.
PUSHING ALONG.
; The Aberdeen, Bismarck & North
western road is. now almost graded into
Bismarck, and arrangements are being
made to iron the track for thirty or thir-
ty-five miles north in time to haul this
seasons grain. There is no information
as yet what road is to control this track,
but as the company Composed Of
Lowry, E. p. Wells and other capitalists
of Minneapolis and eastern nenl is To-
eating survey now to Watertown or
some point southeast, it looks as If thew
will Join the Rock Island or St. Louis &,
Minneapolis lines.
KEEPING SCHOOL.
A number of Dakota counties have
lady Superintendent Of Schools.
!, While one of them was recently max
ing the rounds of the schools in accord
ance with the law she drove up to one
little schoolhouse on the prairie about
IL o'clock in the forenoon and found
the scholars all out playing about the
yard. Two of the boys were indulg-
ing in fight, another pair were learn
ing to chew tobacco, while the others
were playing marbles for keeps and
, adjusting an old but large and corpu-
lent teakcttle to a dogs tail. The
Superintendent learned that there had
been no school so far that day and
when she went into the schoolhouse she
said to the young lady teacher some
what severely:
els this the kind of a school you are
teaching? Ifear shall be obliged to
: cancel your certificate and have you re.
moved from the school,"
, "Why-why-I-I didn't know you
:. were coming!'
"Ah. that's just it, know you didn',
I did come, andI caught you.
I shall he obliged to ask you to hand in
your resignation Immediately"